Using archival photographs sourced directly from Vietnam, specially commissioned diagrams and combat accounts from veterans, István Toperczer reveals how the MiG-21 defended Vietnam between 1966 and 1968.
During eight years of aerial warfare over the skies of Vietnam, the Vietnamese People’s Air Force (VPAF) produced 13 MiG-21 aces and five ‘Hero’ pilots who achieved four victories. This is their fully illustrated story.
The story of the pilots of the MiG-17/19 fighter jets of the Vietnam People's Airforce, featuring information new to the west, fresh from Vietnamese archives.
The next instalment of the history of the VPAF, now in the supersonic MiG-21, covering the numerous models flown and schemes worn alongside plenty of illustrations.
A detailed history of the MiG-17 and MiG-19 units of the Vietnamese People's Air Force, packed with first-hand accounts and colour profiles.
An illustrated account of the against-the-odds successes of the MiG-17 “Fresco” in action against US combat aircraft during Operation Rolling Thunder.